Post by Phoenix on Sept 5, 2010 6:20:10 GMT -5
Paige Matthews (sometimes Paige Halliwell),is a lead character on the Warner Brothers television series Charmed and is portrayed by actress Rose McGowan. Paige enters the Charmed storyline at the beginning of season four in the episode "Charmed Again" aired initially October 4, 2001,after the death of her elder half-sister Prue in the last episode of season three "All Hell Breaks Loose", May 17, 2001.She appeared in every episode of the series' final five seasons as the youngest of three sisters.
She has been named the 13th greatest witch in television history by AOL.
Paige Matthews is the fourth child of Patricia "Patty" Halliwell, a good witch who lived in San Francisco. Unlike the first three daughters Patty had with her husband Victor Bennett--Prue, Piper and Phoebe-- Paige was fathered by Patty's protector, a whitelighter named Sam Wilder. At that time, it was not only forbidden, but unthinkable, for a witch and a whitelighter to be together. Patty initially wanted to keep the baby. However, by this time, she and her mother, Penny, were convinced that Patty's three daughters by Victor were destined to become the Charmed Ones. Fearing that the Elders might strip her daughters' powers as punishment, they decided to give the baby up. On August 2, 1977 Patty and Sam left the newborn baby to a nun, Sister Agnes, at a local church. They left the baby with a blanket and asked that her name start with a P, like all women of her immediate family. Penny and Sam were the only other person who knew of the baby's existence. She is a Leo